Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Maldives, 2009

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Reference ID

MDV_2009_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Family (MoHF)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Fertility preference (mv602)

Data file: MREC61

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 9

End: 9

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

All men.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Have another
2	Undecided
3	No more
4	Sterilized
5	Wife declared infecund
6	Never had sex
7	Man declared infecund
8	Man has no partner

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Notes

Fertility preferences. This variable comes from a single question but recoded later depending on the men’s status. Sterilized men are recoded 4, men whom the partner can’t get pregnant are recoded 5, men who never had sex are recoded 6, and men who are not in union are recoded 8.

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